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Oct 3, 2013 · In 1776, Franklin left his English home to come back to America. More than 200 years later, 15 bodies were found in the basement, buried in a secret, windowless room beneath the garden.
Benjamin Franklin Was the Nation’s First Newsman. Before he helped launch a revolution, Benjamin Franklin was colonial America’s leading editor and printer of novels, almanacs, soap wrappers, and...
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Jul 17, 2023 · A team at the University of Notre Dame has shed new light on his methods using advanced scanning techniques that reveal some of Franklin’s methods in greater detail — along the way, also providing one more reason Franklin appears on the $100 bill.
Apr 12, 2022 · Ben Franklin's effort to define America — hundreds of years after his death. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Michael Meyer, whose latest book, Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet, follows a...
May 18, 2022 · Benjamin Franklin gave instructions on at-home abortions in a book in the 1700s. A portrait of American statesman, writer and scientist Benjamin Franklin, circa 1750. Benjamin Franklin...
Apr 4, 2022 · In his new documentary on PBS, Ken Burns reveals Benjamin Franklin as one of America's most complex and wisest founders.
Apr 1, 2022 · Ken Burns’ four-hour documentary, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, explores the life and work of one of the most consequential figures in American history — a prolific writer and publisher, a groundbreaking...
Jul 17, 2023 · When Benjamin Franklin moved to Philadelphia in 1723, he got to witness the beginning of a risky new experiment: Pennsylvania had just begun printing words on paper and calling it money.
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